Training: Collections Care for Costume and Textiles

For anyone working or volunteering at museums or heritage organisations in East Devon.

This training will give you the knowledge and experience to learn:

• how to pack a range of costume and textiles for storage
• how to prepare them for freezing, as a pest treatment
• how to approach the display of costume and textiles, introducing the mounting of costume, including C20th uniforms and C19th bonnets.

Part 1: Handling and packing costume for storage and for freezing

Resources: Acid free tissue, costume, costume boxes, polythene, parcel tape, handouts

Part 2: An introduction to the display of costume, including C20th uniforms and C19th bonnets

Resources: Fosshape, Plastazote LD45 foam, acid free card, polyester wadding, scoured unbleached cotton calico, scoured unbleached cotton jersey, lightweight silk habotai, polyester boning (Rigilene), Gutermann cotton sewing thread, pattern paper, sewing machine, iron, sleeve ironing board, cutting mat, scalpels, scissors, costume books, Lara Flecker book, handouts

Opportunity to view a Georgian Axminster Carpet conserved in 2018, and a new display of a Thomas Whitty Rug conserved in 2023 at Axminster Heritage Centre.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Axminster Heritage Centre, Silver Street, Axminster, United Kingdom